5 Easy Steps to Send a Voice Note on Snapchat

Last Updated: April 14, 2023

This wikiHow will teach you how to send audio messages on Snapchat, which is useful if you aren't able to send a video message.

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Open Snapchat. This app icon looks like a ghost on a yellow background that you'll find on either one of your Home screens, in the app drawer, or by searching.
- Snapchat is available for iOS in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store .
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You can also tap the speech bubble icon at the bottom of your screen to see your list of chats.

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To start a new chat, tap the new chat icon that looks like a speech bubble with a pencil in the top right corner of your screen.
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Press and hold

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to start recording. The microphone icon is in the chat bar and it will record from your microphone as long as you're holding your finger down.
- If you don't like your audio message, drag your finger from the microphone icon to the left and to the x and your recording will cancel.
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When you let go of the icon, the message will automatically send in the chat. You'll see an audio message icon in the chat that you can tap to listen to your message. ^{[1]
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